Alright next chapter!
"Speech"
'Thought'
"Demon/summon/demon influenced speech"
'Demon/summon thought'
Jutsu
(A/N)
Nicknames
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Next day in Konoha
Naruto woke up with a yawn and looked around 'I guess I fell asleep at Ino-chan's house' he thought to himself.
When Naruto tried to sit up however, he heard a groan, and then felt something shift on his stomach. Curious he looked down and smiled softly as Ino's long pale yellow hair came into his view. Naruto lightly tapped her on the shoulder to wake her up so that he could move.
"Ino-chan it's time to wake up." He whispered into her ears when she didn't stir.
This was the scene Inoichi and Inoria walked into when they came down the stairs. Both parents smiled softly at the rather cute scene in front of them and motioned to each other to quietly walk around the two lovebirds.
When they were in another room Inoria sighed happily before she whispered into her husband's ear "Don't they remind you of us when we were dating dear?"
Inoichi smiled fondly at his wife as he cupped her cheek "Hai, they do" his smile widened as memories of the first years of his relationship with Inoria came to his mind. When one particular memory popped up Inoichi began to look deep in thought worrying Inoria.
"Dear, what's wrong?" she asked as she held his hand.
Inoichi looked at his wife "I was just wondering if they might end up as active as we were, when we were dating"
Inoria held a hand to her mouth "Oh dear, I forgot about that, don't want grandchildren too soon now do we?"
Inoichi smiled as he nodded "We certainly don't after all we're only thirty" Inoichi paused again as if considering something. "But…another child doesn't sound too bad, what do you think honey?"
Inoria blushed and lightly punched her husband's shoulder "What're you thinking asking that so suddenly?"
Inoichi laughed knowing his wife was considering it. "I'm just saying, we're still young and Ino looks like she may move out of our house soon, so maybe we could give her a sibling to look after."
Inoria still blushing began to prepare breakfast "I'll think about it, but for now help me make breakfast dear." Inoichi smiled at his wife before doing as he was told and began helping with the preparations.
Ino groaned in discomfort continued to move around. 'Wait… is my bed moving?' slowly she opened her eyes and gazed into Naruto's smiling face. Blushing she realized that she wasn't on her bed, but rather she was on Naruto and he was trying to sit up.
Quickly getting off of him she began to poke her fingers together as she tried to apologize "I…uh…must have…um…fallen asleep…probably."
Naruto laughed causing Ino's face to redden further, as she tried to get off of him only to slip and fall forward into his chest. This of course made Naruto laugh harder. Ino growled lightly and began to say something only for Naruto to silence any words with a quick kiss.
"I didn't know you had this side to you Ino-chan" Naruto rubbed his cheek against hers and helped her slide off of him.
"Now I think I smell breakfast being prepared, let's go say good morning to your parents."
Ino nodded as she looped an arm around Naruto's left arm and walked with him into the dining room as Inoichi put down the final plate. When he noticed the couple he smiled gently "Did you two sleep well last night?" his smile widened when they both nodded
Inoria soon joined them and they all helped themselves to the food that the older Yamanakas prepared.
Halfway through the meal there was knock at the door. Sighing Inoichi answered it to see a chuunin standing there.
"Yamanaka-san, is Naruto-san in your house?"
Inoichi nodded "He is, but what do you need him for?"
The chuunin nodded his head "The Hokage has a mission for him and his team; he is expected in fifteen minutes."
Inoichi nodded "I'll tell him right away." The Chuunin bowed and vanished to do his next duty.
Inoichi closed the door as he rubbed the back of his head with a sigh. "Oi, Naruto-san you've got a mission with your team in fifteen minutes, Meet them at the Hokage's tower!"
Naruto frowned and finished the last of his meal "I thought my team was on a week's leave." Sighing Naruto hugged Ino tightly and got ready to leave. "I'll see you later okay Ino-chan?"
Ino nodded slightly miffed that she didn't get to spend as much time with Naruto as she had wanted.
Naruto stepped out of the Yamanaka home and vanished in a gust of wind, appearing next to Kurenai who, stepping back in surprise, was in front of the Hokage's office.
"Naruto-kun you're early." She regained her composure and smiled at her third team member.
Naruto shrugged "I was already prepared when I got the message so I didn't need any extra time for preparation."
Kurenai nodded in acceptance "Well Hokage-sama must have a good reason for calling us for this mission even though we were off duty."
Naruto rubbed his chin "It probably has something to do with Youkai; why else would he call our team since were the only ones who can handle anything Youkai related."
Kurenai shook her head "I doubt it, if it did wouldn't he just ask Akane-san?" before Naruto could answer the rest of his team showed up minus Kaoru.
Kurenai then knocked on the large wooden doors and waited for an "Enter!" Before she pushed the doors open and walked in followed by her team.
"Team 8 reporting for duty Hokage-sama!" Kurenai bowed as did her team. Sarutobi coughed into his hands to get their attention
"Good, good there have been reports of a snake like woman with two katanas wandering around Hi no Kuni asking for directions to Konohagakure no Sato, but apparently she gets side tracked in her travels and get's lost repeatedly." Here he took a breath before continuing "You're mission is to guide her here, this is a C-rank mission. Also be careful we don't know anything about her other than she's easily distracted"
Naruto had a drop of sweat rolling on the back of his head "That definitely sounds like Tsuki-nee-chan, not only does she get distracted easily but she has no sense of direction either."
The others sweat dropped as well; Kurenai shook her head and turned back to Sarutobi "When do we leave?"
Sarutobi sighed "Right now" with a nod team 8 vanished
At the west gate
Kurenai had her team double check their equipment to make sure everything was ready. "Okay team the last sighting of this woman was in Tanzaku Gai, apparently she has been cleaning up the bandits around the city waiting for winners leaving the area." Kurenai glanced over her team and smiled when she noticed they were ready.
"Alright then let's move" She sped away into the forest followed shortly by her team.
30 minutes later Tanzaku Gai
Kurenai stopped a mile from the front gates and turned to face her team. "Alright we'll start by scouting the area around the city to see if she's still outside. Keep in contact using these." She handed each of them an earpiece "Alert the team if you think you've found her."
Shino, Hinata, and Naruto nodded their heads "Hai Sensei!" they than leapt off into different directions.
30minutes later team 8 met in front of the city gates and each of them looked slightly disappointed.
"No sightings Kurenai-sensei" Hinata sighed as she leaned against Naruto, who nodded in conformation. Shino also nodded signaling he had no luck in the search.
Kurenai frowned slightly before it was replaced with a warm smile "It's alright we'll try again tomorrow but for now let's find somewhere to eat and sleep.
Her team nodded as they followed her into the city. As they walked around the teens took the opportunity to observe the hustle and bustle of a big civilian city unlike their contrastingly quiet village.
Each of the three noticed a lot of casinos, bars, brothels, and fine restaurants (Along with some ordinary ones).
They eventually arrived at a nice restaurant near the center of the city, which apparently sold seafood. Allowing the waiter to seat them the four shinobi looked around to assess the area, satisfied they began looking through the menu.
When they heard the bells attached to the door jingle they all turned to see who had entered the restaurant, and Naruto abruptly dropped his menu. "Tsuki-nee-chan?" he called out in surprise.
The woman who had caught Naruto's attention turned to face the person who called her, upon seeing who it was her eyes lit up and she practically glided to team 8's table. "Naruto-kun, how are you, I haven't seen you for four years."
Naruto hugged her tightly as she returned it with a large smile on her face, making Hinata slightly upset.
"Naruto-kun, who may I ask is this woman?" Hinata's tone sent a shiver down his spine as he released Tsuki from his hug.
Tsuki bowed politely "Sumimasen I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Kazama Tsuki, Kaoru-kun's second wife." Kurenai blinked in surprise
"You're Kaoru-kun's wife?" on a more thorough glance at the woman before her Kurenai noticed two Katanas at Tsuki's obi.
Tsuki glanced at her "Hai, I am. What is it to you?" her tone was cold and demanding, and Kurenai didn't like it at all.
Kurenai hid her irritation well and answered "It's just that I happen to be teammates with him and his other wife Akane is living in our village."
Tsuki blinked in surprise "That Crazy Kitsune is actually living in your village?" her nickname for Akane earned her a few chuckles from the three gennin.
Calming down Naruto nodded "Hai, Akane-nee-chan lives with Aniki and I" Tsuki nodded her head
"Sounds like her alright. I guess I'll tag along with you guys then, I've had enough of this wandering crap." Naruto finished his food and glanced at her from the corner of his eyes.
"Don't you mean you don't want to get lost again?" Kurenai, Hinata, and Shino raised an eyebrow each pretending they didn't know anything about it.
Tsuki however was red in the face, whether from anger or embarrassment no one was sure. "Twerp if you say anything more I'll skin you alive!" If her looks could kill Naruto would probably be six feet under already
Hinata however couldn't keep her curiosity at bay "Naruto-kun what are you talking about?" her tone was full of innocence as if she truly didn't know what Naruto was talking about.
Naruto laughed good naturedly as he turned his attention to Hinata while Tsuki looked ready to kill him. "Well you see Hinata-chan Tsuki-nee-san actually has a really bad sense of direction. Believe it or not she got lost in our house in Makai once trying to find Aniki's room."
All was quiet in the café as the information sank in. Then all of a sudden everyone who had heard the story busted out laughing so hard that they fell from their seats.
The now red as a tomato Tsuki gripped both of her Katanas and calmly stood up. "Oh Na-ru-to-kun!" everyone paused as they noticed Tsuki's killing intent rising "You are so…FUCKING DEAD!" she then proceeded to chase him around the city swinging her katanas at Naruto's head and shouting profanities along the way.
In Makai
Kaoru paused in mid sentence and slowly looked around trying to find some invisible presence. "Kashoku-dono did you hear something?"
The Dragoness shook her head in a negative "No Kaoru-dono I did not, did you?"
Kaoru shrugged his shoulders "I thought I heard Tsuki-chan shouting at my Otouto about something." He paused for a moment to rub his shoulder "It must've been my imagination. Anyways as I was saying, I as the Juunibi no Joutei wish to apply for a Ryuu no Tai (1)."
Kashoku rubbed her chin in thought as she leaned back in her chair "As much as I want to agree, but what would we get in return for granting you our form?"
Kaoru placed his chin on the back of his hands and smirked "That, my dear is simple. You will gain complete access to the archives."
Kashoku's eyes widened considerably as his statement registered in her brain "ARE YOU SERIOUS? THE ARCHIVES?" seeing Kaoru nod nearly sent Kashoku dancing through the halls but she managed to control herself.
"Are you sure about this Kaoru-dono? Letting us see the unbiased truths written by the Original Kami-sama who even to this day records everything that happens?"
Kaoru smiled "Hai, I think it's only fair letting my closest allies see the truth behind the curtains. This will allow us to learn from the past correctly and hopefully we will not make the same mistakes the people of the ancient times did."
Kashoku firmly grasped Kaoru's hand and shook it "You have a deal Kaoru-dono!"
Kaoru smiled happily at her "Good, now all you have to do is draw your clan's symbol on my body and infuse the ink with your chakra until the change is visible."
Kashoku looked unsure of the procedure as one of her attendants brought in a bottle of ink and a brush "Is it seriously that simple? I thought it would be a bit more... complex."
Kaoru shook his head as he removed his trench coat and shirt allowing Kashoku to see all of the scars on his upper body. "Nope, apparently the previous Ijin was a lazy ass bum who managed to make it as simple as possible." Kashoku of course sweatdropped, 'A lazy ass managed to simplify something as complex as form shifting?' was the thought ringing in her mind.
Kaoru sat in the formal position and beckoned Kashoku to start the process "It will be obvious when to stop, as I will have been forcefully reverted into my beast form and from there I will begin changing into a Ryuu."
Kashoku nodded as she began to write on his back using the ink her attendants had just brought in. When she finished she pumped chakra into it as Kaoru began to grunt in pain.
END
Sorry for taking so long to update but I just wasn't in the mood to type at all so yeah.
As usual please R&R
(1) Ryuu no Tai – dragon's form
I just made up the archive stuff on the fly, not really sure if it will play any important role or not. And what Kashoku meant by original Kami-sama was that the very first god before Lucifer was banished to hell was basically a historian who had a hobby of writing things down without a biased view. Basically he wrote it as it happened.
And even after Retiring from the position as ruler of heaven he continued to record the truth in the world.
No I'm not religious, but gods, demons, and spirits/monsters provide interesting things you can play around with for a story